It's Time for Justice: Racial and Ethnic Equity in Hospice and Palliative Care
What would racial equity and justice look like in hospice and palliative care? The coronavirus pandemic has exposed the structural racism within US culture and the resulting healthcare inequities.
Category
  • DEI: Addressing Disparities/Advancing Equity
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Lessons from a Therapist’s Chair: Optimizing Palliative Communication through Psychotherapy Best Practices and Skills
The use of communication as a therapeutic tool is an essential piece of both palliative medicine and psychotherapy. The approach with which communication is conceptualized and taught, however, is markedly different between the two fields.
Category
  • Communication/Teamwork
Format
  • Interactive Enduring Activity
Credits
  • 0.50 ABIM MOC
  • 0.50 CME (physician only)
  • 0.50 Participation
Truth Be Told or Still not Sold? The Case for Benzodiazepines in the Palliative Management of Delirium
The current palliative management of delirium involves (1) identification of reversible causes of delirium, (2) non-pharmacologic measures, and (3) pharmacologic interventions for palliation. Clinicians reserve pharmacologic interventions for cases of hyperactive delirium or refractory delirium.
Category
  • Pain Management
  • Communication/Teamwork
Format
  • Video
  • Self Study
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